Kevin Smith Reviews Last Night's Supergirl Premiere

Supergirl made quite the impression on audiences in her season 2 debut, including director Kevin [...]

By Matthew Aguilar

Supergirl made quite the impression on audiences in her season 2 debut, including director Kevin Smith. Smith's love of DC's CW universe is public knowledge, and that enthusiasm even landed him a directorial role on an episode of Supergirl later this year.

After the season 2 premiere of the hit show, Smith went to Twitter to voice his reaction to the season opener, and it was all smiles.

"You will believe a man can smile... Loved the season premiere of @TheCWSupergirl! I rolled a fat tear when Superman shielded that family."

Smith has always felt that the CW shows effectively capture the wonder and embodiment of good that the films sometimes struggle with, and Supergirl continues the trend. Smith will helm an episode later in the season titled Supergirl Lives, an homage to his previous Superman project that he's spoken of a great deal in interviews and Q&A's.

Based on the DC character, Supergirl AKA Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist), decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and become the hero who she was always meant to be on The CW series, "Supergirl."

When she was 12 years old, Kara Zor-El escaped the doomed planet Krypton and was sent to earth where she was protected and raised by her foster parents, Jeremiah (Dean Cain) and Eliza Danvers (Helen Slater) and her foster sister, Alex (Chyler Leigh). Under their supervision, Kara learned to conceal the phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin, Superman, in order to keep her identity a secret.

Now, in Season Two, Kara has left the safety of being Cat Grant's assistant in order to figure out what she really wants to do, while as Supergirl she continues to work at the DEO., protecting the citizens of National City and searching for Jeremiah and Cadmus. Along the way, she will team up with Superman (Tyler Hoechlin) to battle new villains, as she strives to balance her personal life with her life as a superhero.

Supergirl airs on The CW Mondays at 8 p.m.

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